A failing full arch fixed prosthesis required its removal, fig. 1. With only two teeth worth-while to save, bladevents were inserted into pre-determined grooves around the arch, figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and the tissues were closed with triple 0 silk sutures, fig. 7. The healing was rapid and uneventful, fig. 8. A full arch porcelain-baked-to-metal restoration was cemented into position, figs. 9, 10. A post-operative x-ray, fig. 11.

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